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Burning an Illusion is a 1981 British film written and directed by Menelik Shabazz, about a young British-born black woman's love life, mostly shot in London's Notting Hill and Ladbroke Grove communities.
Aug 13, 1982 · Burning an Illusion: Directed by Menelik Shabazz. With Cassie McFarlane, Victor Romero Evans, Beverley Martin, Angela Wynter. A young black woman in England becomes increasingly frustrated with her life with her lazy, demanding boyfriend, and with the help of friends seeks something better.
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The groundbreaking debut from Menelik Shabazz, Burning an Illusion was the first British film to feature a Black female lead. Filmed around Ladbroke Grove and Notting Hill during the Thatcher years, this fiery love story is a powerful, aspirational tale of political and emotional emancipation.
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Feb 15, 2022 · Burning an Illusion (1981) was an engagement with the key writings on the cultural and institutional dimension of Black image-making, through which I was able to situate Shabazz’s film within the context of a reimagined idea of Black Britishness.
Feb 27, 2019 · Burning an Illusion is a 1981 British film written and directed by Menelik Shabazz, about a young British-born black woman's love life, mostly shot in London's Notting Hill and...
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Oct 1, 2017 · Burning An Illusion is the astonishingly astute, contemporary feature film debut, written and directed by acclaimed Bajan-British filmmaker, Menelik Shabazz. Pat (Cassie McFarlane) is a self-involved twenty-something, living in a high rise flat and working a nearby office job in 1980s West London.
Menelik Shabazz (Burning an Illusion) shines a light on the music genre often dubbed ‘romantic reggae’; a uniquely black British sound that developed in the late 70s and 80s against a backdrop of riots, racial tension and sound systems.
